Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 203 of 290

Field reporter Phillip Gentry and his son, Will, discovered that three warm days of rain have producing spring-like conditions, and springtime fishing, in the backs of Lake Hartwell creeks.

Warm rains move Lake Hartwell stripers to backs of creeks

Regardless of the species you favor in the winter on Lake Hartwell, many anglers have been keying in on flocks of seagulls and balls of forage to find fish. […]

Dieter Melhorn's 60-pound, 3-ounce blue catfish is among the biggest ever caught from Lake Wylie.

Wylie produces huge blue catfish for Cramerton angler

Terry Madewell

Blue catfish have become an increasingly important part of the fishery at Lake Wyle, but the monster caught last week by Dieter Melhorn – 60 pounds and three ounces – put an exclamation point on the status of this fishery. […]

Dieter Melhorn's 60-pound, 3-ounce blue catfish is one of the biggest ever caught from Lake Wylie.

Lake Wylie spits out 60-pound blue catfish

Terry Madewell

Blue catfish have become an increasingly important part of the fishery at Lake Wyle, but the monster caught last week by Dieter Melhorn – 60 pounds and three ounces – put an exclamation point on the status of this fishery. […]

Striper fishing has been great on Lake Hickory in recent weeks, with plenty of fish and a few really nice ones being regularly caught.

Try Lake Hickory for striper numbers, Rhodhiss for giant fish

Craig Holt

Cooling water has turned on striped bass on Lake Hickory and Lake Rhodhiss. For numbers of fish, anglers should head to Hickory; if they want to try for a magnum-sized fish, Rhodhiss is the place to be, according to guide Joe Jobin of Xtreme Striper Fishing. […]

Guide Brad Taylor said following sea gulls is the best way to find and catch Lake Murray stripers.

Catch Lake Murray stripers? It takes some gull-watching

Terry Madewell

The striper fishing at Lake Murray is red hot, and if you want to go where the action is, just follow the gulls. […]

Catfishing is typically great this month.

Cool kids: stripers, catfish

Terry Madewell

The weather will be cool in December, but the fishing at Santee Cooper typically get’s hot for at least a couple of species: striper and catfish. […]

Guide Freddie Sinclair is catching lots of nice crappie fishing deep brushpiles at Falls of Neuse Lake.

Deep brush piles holding plenty of Falls of Neuse crappie

Craig Holt

‘Tis the season for using Christmas trees to catch crappie at freshwater venues across North Carolina, and it’s no different at Falls of Neuse Lake near Raleigh-Durham. […]

Trophy largemouth bass and a handful of other species are being caught from Lake Greenwood by fishermen targeting schools of baitfish around the junction of the Saluda and Reedy rivers.

Trolling through big schools of bait producing plenty of Greenwood fish

Phillip Gentry

Producing a mixed bag that would make any fisherman jealous, kayak fishing guide Zach Caldwell of Travelers Rest said Lake Greenwood is producing more striped bass, white bass, white perch and largemouth bass than at any other time of the year […]

The Tuckasegee River has four miles of water in the state’s delayed-harvest program, which allows trout to be creeled only during the summer.

Don’t delay, fish today

Robert Satterwhite

Winter fishing is often iffy in the mountains. Get out on a stream on one of those rare, warm sunny days, and you’ll likely hit a Blue-Winged Olive or midge hatch, and the trout will be hitting. […]